HMS Nabswick

HMS Nabswick Mobile Operational Naval Air Base V
at Jervis Bay Airfield, near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory in Australia
Site information
Type	Mobile Operational Naval Air Base
Owner	Australian Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm
Location
HMS Nabswick Location in Jervis Bay Territory Show map of New South Wales HMS Nabswick HMS Nabswick (Australia) Show map of Australia
Coordinates	35°08′48″S150°41′48″E / 35.14667°S 150.69667°E / -35.14667; 150.69667
Site history
In use	1945 (1945) – 1946 (1946)
Fate	Returned to Royal Australian Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II Pacific War
Garrison information
Garrison	MONAB V
Occupants	Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 7 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 8 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2 Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6
Airfield information
Elevation	200 feet (61 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m)  sealed gravel 15/33 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m) sealed gravel
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive [1] [2]

HMS Nabswick was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was initially at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) satellite airfield Jervis Bay Airfield situated near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory. HMS Nabswick was also known as MONAB V and Royal Naval Air Station Jervis Bay (or RNAS Jervis Bay). ^[3]

Commanding officers

List of commanding officers of HMS Nabswick with date of appointment: ^[1]

• Captain H.G. Dickinson, DSC , RN, from 1 February 1945
• Commander T.K. Masterman, RN, (temporary command) from 9 March 1945
• Captain H.G. Dickinson, DSC, RN, from 1 May 1945
• Captain J.F.H. Sawyer, RN, from 18 November 1945

Units based at HMS Nabswick

List of units associated with MONAB V, in support of disembarked front line Squadrons:

Function

• Support for disembarked front line squadrons

Aviation support components

• Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4
• Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 7
• Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 8
• Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1
• Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2
• Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6

Aircraft type supported

• Grumman Avenger Mk.I & II
• Fairey Barracuda Mk II
• Vought Corsair Mk II & IV
• Fairey Firefly I
• Miles Martinet TT.Mk I

Citations

1. "MONAB V - HMS Nabswick". Royal Navy Research Archive - The MONAB Story - A history of the mobile airfields of the Royal Navy. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
2. "Jervis Bay". Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
3. Hobbs 2007, p. 143.

References

• Hobbs, David (2007). Moving Bases Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and MONABs. Liskeard, Cornwall, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN   978-1-904459-30-9.